<p>If any of you are at community colleges, and are seeking to transfer into top schools, do you settle for whatever you get assuming you dont get into a top school, or do you try again for another semester?</p>
<p>I'm just wondering because I know at least here in Cali, the obvious popular route is to go to a UC, but assuming you don't get into UCLA, UCB or any Top Privates in the nations, do you settle for a low ranked uc or cal state, or even an inferior private; or do you choose to stay at community college take more classes to get a higher gpa, and hopefully try again?</p>
<p>I am going for more than 60 credits. a few schools will accept more for longer programs, and some of my classes I took the first semester, I am sure will not transfer so I am taking some more core classes that will. (this is assuming I do not get accepted to the schools I have applied to)</p>
<p>If it doesn't work out this semester and none of my choices work out in the spring, I will return to the first college I went to two years ago.</p>
<p>If you don't mind staying at a CC for another year. For the UC system you can transfer up to 70 units. Unless you had a really good spring semester and still have some spare units you could take during the fall semester your stats probably won't change much from the previous time you applied and you might end up with the same decisions.</p>
<p>i applied last summer to UCSB for their winter quarter (after 1 1/2 years) but I hadnt finished my pre reqs... so surprise surprise, i got the small envelope, tried again last fall and i got in as a fall of 08 transfer... so yeh, looks like im goin, unless ofcourse UCLA or UCB wants to take me in =)...</p>
<p>If you get rejected from UCLA or Berkeley this year chances are they will not change their minds the next year. But who knows, if you think that your application has really improved (ex. you finished missing prerequisites and increased your GPA) then you could possibly try again next year.</p>